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conservative1 wrote on Mar 3, 2013 3:58 PM:

" Yes the Palace is nice. Money well spent. I forgot Mayor OLeary was responsible for it's renovation.

Think the police are doing a good job? Try calling 911. Especially if you're involved in an accident. Expect to wait HOURS. The Police Chief "quits". Mayor OLeary has no comment about his 25yr coworker's retirement? hmm I forget I'm in Waterbury sometimes with all the out of town borrowed fire trucks driving around.

I hoped Mayor OLeary was the man to bring Waterbury back, but he is a short term thinker just like Jarjura was. Our city continues to decay. The streets are worse, water main breaks everyday, no spending on new fire trucks, no maintenance on city owned buildings. We are literally crumbling into dust. "

" Betty I voted for the man and wrote checks to his campaign. I applaud the good and question the bad. The phone app was a great idea. The way he micromanages every department in the city is unproductive and kills morale. It's his way or the highway and that's wrong. We didn't elect a dictator. He caters to the freebee minority crowd while forgetting those who pay his salary. Hopefully in his 2nd term if reelected, he mellows into the position. I wish him success.

The article is laughable at best. He has every city worker walking on eggshells and that is not how you get the most production out of employees. "

" So you've talked to all of the city employees and they all told you they are walking on eggshells? Are you a city employee? I am. I'm not walking on eggshells. Probably because I do my job and not worried about the mayor catching me slacking off. The people of this city elected someone who would get tough and do the work that hasn't been done in this city for decades. Is he getting tough on city employees? I hope so. "

" No I'm not a city employee. You want him to get tough on city employees? WHY? You think gestapo tactics get us our best value from our employees? You and the Mayor need to read a book on management. Screaming at your department heads and throwing tantrums is not what a Leader does. Why bother having bureau heads if he refuses to take input from them or allow them to run their respective departments? He was elected because he made promises to do what's right, to bring life to downtown, to raise our tax base. He was elected because he built a big minority base thru PAL. He just needs to have confidence in those he chose to run all the different departments in the city. If he doesn't fire them all and run them himself.

The city workers morale was an all time low after the dictator oversight board beat them up and then after being lied to by Jarjura. Mayor OLeary hasn't done anything to restore morale in our workers. A happy worker is a productive worker. "

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